Corner-stay for boxes or analogous receptacles



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No. 529,057. Patented NOV. 13, 1894.

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HORACE G. ALEXANDER AND CHARLES B. ALEXANDER, OF LONDONDERRY,

' VERMONT.

CORNER-STAY FORBOXES OR ANALOGOUS REC'EPTA'CL'ES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 529,057, dated November13, 1 894.

Application filed February 13, 1894. Serial No. 500,006. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:-

Be it known that we, HORACE G. ALEX- ANDER and CHARLES E. ALEXANDER,citizens of the United States, residing at South Londonderry, in thecounty of Windham and State of Vermont, have invented a new and usefulCorner-Stay for Boxes and Analogous Receptacles, of which the followingis a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in corner stays for boxes andanalogous reccp- -tacles.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple, inexpensiveand efficient corner stay, adapted to be readily applied to a box oranalogous receptacle, and capable of securing the sides, ends and thetop and bottom of such receptacle together without employing nails, orsimilar fastening devices.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a corner of a boxprovided with astay constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig.'2 is a horizontal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detailperspective View of the stay. Fig. 4. is a vertical sectional view.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the draw- 1ngs.

1 and 2 designate one side and an end of a box having their adjacentedges mitered and fitted together, and provided adjacent to the cornerthus formed, with exterior vertically disposed inward extending grooves3, which extend in the direction of the corner at acute angles andreceive inward extending flanges 4 of the corner stay 5.

The corner stay is composed of two vertical sides arranged at rightangles and covering the corner of the box. It is preferably constructedof sheet metal; and it is provided at its outer vertical edges with thesaid flanges 4, which are extended inward at an acute angle. By thisconstruction the side and end of the box are securely fastened togetherwithout employing nails or similar fastening devices.

The top and bottom of the box 6 and 7, may, if desired, be rabbeted attheir edges to fit slightly within the box, and they are securelyretained in position by tongues 8 formed in- 5 tegral with the top andbottom of the stay, and consisting of extensions of the sides thereof.These tongues are folded or bent against the top and bottom of the box,and their ends are embedded in the same, thereby 5o securely fasteningthe top and bottom to the sides and ends. The top may be readily removedby lifting the upper tongue of the stay.

The corner stay is applicableto all characters of boxes, cases,closures, and the like, whether the top and bottom be secured by thetongues or not. In some cases it may be preferable to secure the bottomby the tongues and have a hinged or other form of cover, and it will beapparent that the stay can be employed for connecting the sides andbottom of a wagon box or body. Numerous other applications of the staywill readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art.

It will be seen that the stay is simple and 7 5 inexpensive inconstruction, that it is strong and durable, and that it securelyfastens the parts of a box together without glueing, nailing, orsimilarly securing the parts.

Changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of constructionmay be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificingany of the advantages of this invention.

WVhat we claim is s 5 The combination with the sides of a box providedadjacent to the corner with vertical grooves, of a corner stay composedof vertical sides arranged at right angles and covering the corner ofthe box and provided at their vertical outer edges with flanges arrangedat an acute angle to the sides and interlocked in said grooves andterminating short of the ends of the stay to permit a cover to bereadily detached from or placed on the box, 5 said stay being providedat the top and bottom with securing tongues, substantially a decribed.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoafiixed our signa- I00 tures in the presence of two witnesses.

HORACE G. ALEXANDER. CHARLES B. ALEXANDER.

. Witnesses:

LEVI J. STRONG, GEORGE G. SMITH.

